This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "Lines Composed a Few Miles above Tintern Abbey, on Revisiting the Banks of the Wye during a Tour, July 13, 1798" Lines 1-50.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of confusion does the speaker find himself able to shrug off when he remembers the landscape?
(a) Confusion about the difference between philosophy and experience.
(b) Confusion about why the world is the way it is.
(c) Confusion about his relationships.
(d) Confusion about his own ambitions.

2. Which is the best definition of "sportive" in the context of line 16?
(a) Of or related to sports.
(b) Ungovernable, unmanageable.
(c) Carried away by playful emotion.
(d) Competitive to the point of aggression.

3. What modern description might we give of the state that the speaker describes toward the end of the second verse paragraph?
(a) Unconsciousness.
(b) Meditation.
(c) Hallucination.
(d) Hypnotic trance.

4. Which is the best interpretation of lines 30-31, "And passing even into my purer mind/ With tranquil restoration"?
(a) The speaker made a conscious effort to focus on the memories.
(b) The speaker was often distracted by boredom and negative thoughts.
(c) Only when the speaker was quiet and still could he perfectly remember the landscape.
(d) The memories made the speaker feel calm and refreshed.

5. What is the best definition of "sublime" in the context of line 38?
(a) Complete and total.
(b) Passing from one phase of matter into another.
(c) To purify or refine.
(d) Transcendent experience.